The incidence and experience of rape among chemically dependent women.
This descriptive study investigated the incidence and experience of rape among chemically dependent women. Sixty women in a residential treatment facility were interviewed about sexual trauma they had experienced in their lives. In this sample 73% had been raped, and 45% had been raped more than once. The stories of rape were classified in five categories: rape while in the context of using, when too high to resist, while prostituting, by a significant other, and by a family member. Some 35% of the rapist described were friends of the women with whom they were using drugs. Only 20% of the rapes were reported to the police. Clinical implications for treatment of addicted women who are also survivors of violence is discussed.
Teets
J M
JM
Department of Nursing, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011477:Sex Work; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*